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I Think I’m Paranoid

If there was only one book that we could say has been
dramatically hurt by Civil War II it is without a doubt this book. I remember
when the first issue of this series came out. One of my friends is a huge
Captain Marvel fan and he was really excited to read this book. After the first
few issues, he and several others were loving this book and it was doing fairly
well. Unfortunately, ever since Civil War II started, we’ve seen a dramatic
decline in this book’s sales and critic reception. People are not enjoying
Carol Danvers’ role in Civil War II or in this book and I don’t blame them. I’ve
only been collecting the Civil War II tie-ins with this book and it has been
unenjoyable. Frankly I don’t see any end in sight so let’s take a deep breath
and jump in once again to this book’s latest issue.

Our issue begins with Captain Marvel in the Alpha Flight Space
Station clearly going over various files. She is clearly dealing with some issues
as she hangs her head and thinks about a couple more heroes who have joined
Tony Stark against her. She doesn’t get long to dwell on these thoughts though
as she is quickly called away to Canada. While there, Captain Marvel and Alpha
Flight fight Kolomaq, a giant sasquatch-like monster that was awakened. If
Kolomaq is able to run free for too long, he will become unstoppable. However,
thanks to some quick thinking by the team, the monster is buried in the snow
once again and the man who awakened him was arrested. Turns out this man meant
no actual harm and was misguided but they bring him in anyway.

The team then goes to the Triskelion where two board members
meet them. They question why this event wasn’t stopped sooner. Ulysses had
named the man who awoke Kolomaq but they did nothing because it would have been
against the law to hold him. No evidence could be found against him as he only
had past struggles with mental health. Aurora, a member of Alpha Flight,
sympathizes with the man as she has struggled with mental disorders for much of
her life. Carol Danvers confirms that despite the fact that it seemed last
second, they had the man under surveillance and it was considered to be the
best course of action anyway. The board members then ask to speak with her
alone.

The three discuss the operation and address public opinion.
Counties are willing to share the information that they’ve gathered with Alpha
Flight because things are going well for this new program. If things start
going south, counties will begin to pull their support. This is why it is so
important for Carol Danvers to succeed, despite all the pressure she is under.
In response to this, Carol agrees to their proposal to keep an extra eye on
people with criminal records and give priority to their information when
presenting things to Ulysses. However, Carol also tells them that the only
reason this whole thing is working at all is because of her and if they ask her
to do something she can’t live with, she won’t hesitate to leave.

We cut to Carol and Alpha Flight who have rounded up a few
mutants who have broken the law when suddenly they are attacked. They look up
to find Magneto who is not too thrilled about the surveillance drones that have
been keeping an eye on him. He compares Carol’s actions to that of fascists and
accuses Aurora of being a traitor for siding against her people. However,
despite the initial attack, Magneto says that he did not come her to fight but
rather to send a message. If he finds that he is being monitored again, he will
not hesitate to see it as an act of war. Carol questions how he was even able
to find the drones as they are cloaked even from him before he leaves.

Carol then gets a tech expert to take a look at their
equipment. Someone must have found a way to get into their system and find out
who they are monitoring. Turns out that her suspicions are well founded as they
find a signal transmitting to a former Stark satellite. However, they also find
that the signal would have to be put in manually by someone on board the space
station. Carol decides to bring Ulysses aboard in hopes of finding out who the
mole is. Ulysses is given a small tour before his powers suddenly flare up and
he has a vision. He breaks out of his trance to tell Carol that his vision
showed Carol and Aurora fighting each other. Alpha Flight then joins them and
Carol excuses Ulysses.

Carol then talks to Alpha Flight and shares the information
about the mole and the vision that Ulysses had. Due to his vision, she clearly
suspects Aurora of wrong doing which is obviously met with a lot of anger. They
have a pretty heated argument about the whole thing and Aurora claims that she
has not betrayed Captain Marvel. Carol then brings up the separate personality
that Aurora has inside of her. This is where Aurora flips and says that she’s
quitting. The rest of Alpha Flight agree that Carol went too far with that
comment. However, Carol tells Aurora that she cannot allow her to leave the
station until they have cleared her. This is where the argument ends and is
instead replaced with a full out brawl. Aurora attacks Captain Marvel and the
rest of Alpha Flight decide to stand with her. Captain Marvel decides to fight
back telling them that they are all under arrest when we cut away. There is a
mysterious figure looking at a screen as he reveals that he has been setting up
this fight between Captain Marvel and Alpha Flight for quite a long time. This
is where the issue ends.

I know that this series still has some loyal fans and supporters
that love this book and they will be mad at me for my dislike of this series
thus far, however if there is anyone that they should be mad at, it is Marvel.
This new crossover event has really done its toll on both Iron Man and Captain
Marvel. Captain Marvel has suddenly become a character that many are angry with
and frustrated with her actions. This book only showcases some of them and the
rest of the time has the audience stuck in random meetings with board members
to hash out the specifics of their predictive justice program. Is that what you
people want? I’ll give this issue one thing, there is far more action in this
issue than there has been before and that’s probably one of the best parts of
this book. I’m a big fan of the art in this issue and the fight scene are
beautiful. However, when we are not fighting, we are having our main character
going in to a paranoid state as she discovers that she has a mole. Then,
Ulysses has a vision and she immediately assumes that it’s about the mole. Division
has grown on this team and some may think that it’s due to the mystery man at
the end, but frankly it’s because of Captain Marvel herself. This book is nice
to look at but it’s boring at best and frustrating at its worse.

Bits and Pieces

Fans of Captain Marvel will continue to be depressed by what
Marvel has chosen to do with the character. In addition, we get more meetings
with board members as if that’s not what we’ve been doing for every issue since
this crossover started. At this point, I completely understand why so many
people are jumping ship on this book. I look forward to when this crossover
ends and I no longer have to read this book.

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